More about Ronald Bradford

Ronald has worked for more then two decades in the Information Technology industry. His work with database architecture, design and software development has included developing expert skills in several primary technologies. His industry experience includes enterprise class international, nation and government organizations as well as the present Internet Web 2.0 age. Ronald has combined his extensive experience with positions including Senior Consulting for MySQL Inc (2006-2008) and also Senior Consultant with Oracle Corporation (1996-1999). More information at RonaldBradford.com.

International Recognitions

Ronald Bradford is co-author of Wrox Press book "Expert PHP and MySQL" contributing the MySQL portions of the book including:

References and Recommendations

The following are independent recommendations of my work skills, experience and ethics. These recommendations are created and managed by individuals which you can view in full detail at my LinkedIn profile -- http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronaldbradford

Clients

"Ronald
spent a week focusing on the performance and architecture of our
existing systems. He very quickly learned the systems and was able to
make excellent recommendations. His recommendations will serve as an
excellent road map for future performance and scalability
initiatives. I highly recommend his work."

"Ronald
worked for eBay as a MySQL consultant. I found him to be technically
competent, professional and a result oriented, driven person. It was
a pleasure working with him especially when solving the problem in
hand meant as much to him as it did to me and eBay,"

"Throughout
our engagement, Ronald was instrumental in the review and critique of
an evolving application, recommending a wide variety of techniques
enabling our development group to improve efficiency in a number of
layers. In addition to providing sound advice, the educational aspect
to Ronald's approach exceeded all expectations and was greatly
appreciated by all team members involved. If given the opportunity
for future consultations, I would request Ronald by name."

"We
have used Ronald's service on two occasions at www.synclive.com.
His work and recommendations were an invaluable part of our
development process. I would bring him in again without question."

Colleagues

"I
have worked side-side by side with Ronald on several high profile
assignments and always walked away impressed with the depth of his
knowledge. He is an awesome talent who I strongly recommend for not
only his skill but his professionalism."

"Ronald
is simply a phenomenal person to work with. It's difficult to find
someone who is more passionate about the work they do, and at the
same time, more knowledgeable about what they do. I first met Ronald
when he was a prolific member of the MySQL community and then later
became his colleague when he joined MySQL. He was a pleasure to work
with, always offering his assistance and remaining true to his
principles and ethics. He's simply a great asset to have around!"

Professional Association

"Since
having met Ronald, he has not ceased to amaze. He is an expert
resource always willing to help, a subject matter expert on database
and application design and scalability, resourceful, and entirely
dedicated. He is even a marketing genius. I have not met a person
that has met Ronald who is not similarly impressed."

"Ronald
is a data wizard passionate about everything related to data:
architecture, optimization, best practices and more. He is very
experienced, honest and passionate about what he does."

Track Record

These recommendations span more then 15 years of my professional career. Older
associations from 10+ years include:

"Ronald
had a passion for database and application design that showed. He was
confident in expressing his opinion on issues both to his peers and
management. He worked effectively with a strong design team to
deliver a quality result."

"Ronald
is a highly motivated and results driven person. He has a lot of
pride in his work and his database design and coding skills were
highly valued on our project. I highly recommend Ronald and would
enjoy working with him in the future."

"Ronald
is a technically capable individual. Ronald is quickly capable of
learning new things. Ronald works effectively in a team environment
with other individuals who are also capable. He is always willing to
voice an opinion about the technical merits (or demerits) of any
solutions. Please consider Ronald for any position for which he is
applying."

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